{"id":2455,"date":"2007-10-31T16:54:00","date_gmt":"2007-10-31T22:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nmpolitics.net\/index\/2007\/10\/teague-to-formally-announce-congressional-run-nov-8\/"},"modified":"2007-10-31T16:54:00","modified_gmt":"2007-10-31T22:54:00","slug":"teague-to-formally-announce-congressional-run-nov-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/2007\/10\/teague-to-formally-announce-congressional-run-nov-8\/","title":{"rendered":"Teague to formally announce congressional run Nov. 8"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Former<\/st1:placename> Lea<\/st1:placename> County<\/st1:placetype><\/st1:place> Commissioner Harry Teague<\/a> plans to formally announce on Nov. 8 that he\u2019s running for the Second Congressional District seat being vacated by GOP U.S. Rep. Steve Pearce<\/a>. <\/p>\n

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Teague plans to make the announcement at 5 p.m. on that day at the Democratic Party headquarters in Hobbs<\/st1:place><\/st1:city>, located at 604 West Broadway<\/a>, according to a news release. <\/p>\n

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\u201cThe issues our country is facing \u2013 ending the war in Iraq<\/st1:place><\/st1:country-region>, health care coverage for all, immigration reform and access to a high quality education \u2013 are too important to ignore,\u201d Teague said. \u201cThe needs of the people of this district have been neglected for years, and we must have a strong voice who can fight for us on these issues and who can work with members of both parties to get things done for New Mexico<\/st1:state><\/st1:place> and our nation. That is why I am running for Congress.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Teague was a member of the Lea County Commission for eight years, serving as chairman for 3.5 years. He has also served as a board member for the Lea County Fair and the Boys and Girls club of Hobbs<\/st1:place><\/st1:city>. He helped start the Big Brothers\/Big Sisters program in Lea<\/st1:placename> County<\/st1:placetype><\/st1:place>.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI have worked hard my entire life and have tried to give as much back as possible to my community. Now I believe it is time for me to give back to New Mexico<\/st1:place><\/st1:state> and to our country,\u201d Teague said.<\/p>\n

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On the Democratic side, Al Kissling<\/a> and Do\u00f1a Ana County Commissioner Bill McCamley<\/a> are also running, and state Rep. Joseph Cervantes<\/a>, D-Las Cruces, appears headed toward an announcement on or around the same day that Teague will formally announce.<\/p>\n

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No Republican has entered the race, but a number are considering it, including Sierra County Republican Party Chair C. Earl Greer<\/a>; Ed Tinsley and Phelps Anderson, who both ran unsuccessfully against Pearce in the 2002 primary; state Rep. Don Bratton<\/a> of Hobbs; Roswell Public Schools Assistant Superintendent Mike Kakuska; and former Roswell Mayor Bill Owen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Former Lea County Commissioner Harry Teague plans to formally announce on Nov. 8 that he\u2019s running for the Second Congressional District seat being vacated by GOP U.S. Rep. Steve Pearce. Teague plans to make the announcement at 5 p.m. on that day at the Democratic Party headquarters in Hobbs, located at 604 West Broadway, according […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2455","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2455","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2455"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2455\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2455"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2455"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2455"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}